The second-year defensive end Lawrence leads the Cowboys with five sacks

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Cowboys second-year defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence is getting more and more confident, and that’s bad news for opposing quarterbacks.

Lawrence leads the Cowboys with five sacks, and is coming off a performance against the Washington Redskins in which he had two in the first three snaps of the game and, later, a huge tackle for a loss on a 3rd-and-short. He finished with four tackles and two sacks, which he says will only feed his and his teammates’ confidence.

“Probably like getting hits in baseball,” Garett said. “When you get a hit your first time up, you probably feel better digging in there your next time up. Completions for a quarterback, making shots in basketball, it’s all the same kind of thing. He has had some success affecting the quarterback, being around them, sacking the quarterback.”